Sunday, December 9, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday Kayla!

Happy 1st Birthday Kayla! I can't believe my baby girl is 1 years old! Kayla is not my little baby anymore, she is now a busy toddler! It
feels like yesterday that I had her. Kayla has been a blessing and a
joy to our family. We are so very blessed to have her along with her
big sisters Rachel and Haley.

Kayla
is walking! She started walking at about 11 1/2 months. I can't
believe she is already walking. She is so tiny to be walking. Kayla's one year old stats are: 18 lbs, 6 oz (15% ile), 27 1/2 inches (10% ile), Weight for length 50% ile and her head circumference was only at the 3rd% ile. She has a small head. Kayla is
petite. She can still wear some 6 month clothing though she mostly
wears 9 month size clothes.

Here is a video of her walking. I took this video on December 5, 2012.

At one year, Kayla has 5 teeth. She is still working on that 6th tooth. She is still eating mostly baby foods, but is eating and loving yogurt, finger foods such as graham crackers, crackers and puffs. Kayla is still on formula because we tried the milk and she doesn't really care for it. We will have to do a weaning process of mixing the formula and milk. Also she loves her bottles so the process of weaning to the sippy cup has been slow. Kayla does sleep through the night well, usually 12 hours. I'm loving that! She loves her baths. She is active and squirms so much when I change her diaper and when I get her dressed. Its a challenge! She "talks" a lot. She says "ma, ma", "da, da", "ba, ba" plus lots of other sounds. She's not really saying any recognizable words yet but she "talks" like she is having a conversation. She even does hand gestures when she talks. Its really cute. Kayla is very playful and happy. She loves to be around people and other kids. She especially loves to play with her big sisters. Now that Kayla is walking, she is into everything! I have to watch her constantly because she can get into things fast. Kayla is such a delight and it has been a joy to see her learn and grow over the past year. The next year will be fun!

We had her birthday party on Saturday December 8th. Both grandparents came along with an aunt and uncle and friends. It was a small little party, but it was perfect for celebrating Kayla.

I did make the Happy Birthday banner above and the party hat below. The party hat was fairly simple to make. I bought a pack of dollar store kids party hats, covered a hat with zebra print fabric and added ribbon around the bottom and a dollar store pom pom on top. Costs much less than buying one on-line.

Thanks for your comment! So sorry it has been difficult to send a comment. Not sure why blogger is making it difficult? I have turned the word (code) verification off so it hopefully should be easier to leave a comment. Thanks!

Happy Birthday, Kayla. She looks so much like her big sisters. They are all such beautiful little girls. I have been silently following the blog since the girls were born. Love to follow your wonderful family. Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

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Thomas and I were married in January 2007 in Houston, Texas. About 8 months later, we were excited to start a family. After a diagnosis of infertility due to PCOS and endometriosis, we were devastated. With the help of infertility treatments we were blessed with twin boys (Brian and Brendan), but unfortunately lost them at 18 weeks due to an incompetent cervix. Unwilling to give up on our dream to have a family, we tried again, but our second try resulted in an ectopic pregnancy. On our third try we were surprisingly expecting sextuplets. On August 4, 2009 at 22 weeks 6 days, we welcomed 4 girls and 2 boys - Haley, Braden, Dallin, Ashlyn, Rachel and Kaitlyn. Our sweet angels Braden, Dallin, Ashlyn and Kaitlyn passed away and returned to our loving Heavenly Father. We have been so blessed to have Haley and Rachel at home with us. They have been home from the NICU since February 2010. They are doing well and growing. They are miracles! We love them and have been so blessed!

We have been so blessed to have added another miracle baby to our family. Kayla was born December 9, 2011. She was born at 36 weeks, 5 days. She is a precious miracle and we are so glad she joined our family.

Our last little miracle, Brandon Thomas joined our family on December 14, 2015. He was born at 36 weeks, 5 days. He was 9 pounds, 7 oz (big boy)! He has spina bifida, but he is doing well. He is such a happy boy!! We love our little boy and are so blessed to have him in our family.